Dwarf Fortress

Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world. The world is randomly generated with distinct civilizations spanning centuries of detailed history, hundreds of towns, caves and regions with various wildlife. The world persists as long as you like, over many games, recording historical events and tracking changes.

Command your dwarves as they search for wealth in the mountain. Craft treasures and furniture from many materials and improve these objects with precious metals, jewels and more. Defend yourself against attacks from hostile civilizations, the wilderness, the depths, the dead and creatures of the night. Support the nobility as they make demands of your populace. Keep your dwarves happy and read their thoughts as they work and relax. Z coordinate allows you to dig out fortresses with multiple levels. Build towers or conquer the underworld. Build floodgates to divert water for farming or to drown your adversaries... and don't forget the magma! Surgery, sutures, splints, crutches and more: care for your wounded dwarves instead of leaving them to fend for themselves....More Info »

- Play an adventurer and explore, quest for glory or seek vengeance.- Meet adversaries from previous games.- Recruit people to come with you on your journey.- Explore without cumbersome plot restrictions -- thriving capitals, villages, catacombs, labyrinths, bandit camps, caves and more!- Seamlessly wander the world or travel more rapidly on the region map.- Travel by day and search for a place to shelter as night falls.- Accept quests from the town and civilization leaders.- Retire and meet your old characters. Bring them along on an adventure with a new character or reactivate them and play directly.- Z coordinate allows you to move between twisting underground caverns and scale structures, fighting adversaries above and below.

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Dwarf Fortress was added by Danilo_Venom in
Apr 2012 and the latest update was made in
Aug 2018. The list of alternatives was updated Jun 2017 There is a history of all activites on
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Nowhere near as difficult of a learning curve, but has a lot of the same mechanics, with added futuristic sci-fi events. Can micromanage and prioritize down to a tee, main gripe with it is there's UP/DOWN to the world, so you can't build towers or bases deep underground
Guest • Jul 2017
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There are alot of things to learn, but you can pick it up and play. Once you get the hang of the game you can put a lot of hours into it. :)
Guest • Jan 2017
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great mods, and active developers. one of the best alternatives right now
Guest • Jul 2017Disagree Agree

Though lacking in any z-levels (no stairs, it's all on one and a couple almost-layers: floors, walls, and roofs) it does an excellent job of simulating complicated anatomical combat and giving personalities to your colonists.
Guest • Apr 2018Disagree Agree

This game is nowhere as near as any other Colonization games i've ever seen,never gets boring,Excellent gameplay,complex gameplay,and much more,I'd recommend it 11/10
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Discontinued No updates since release, also see Steam reviews: http://store.steampowered.com/app/224500/

Gnomoria is basically dwarf fortress with better graphics.You have to grow food,make an army to defend yourself,and make a home for your gnomes.However this game lacks some features that dwarf fortress has and this game can become quite boring after awhile.
Guest • Jan 2016
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Gnomoria IS basically a simplified version of Dwarf Fortress
it cloned the game mechanics very well
Guest • May 2017
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Dwarf Fortress aims to simulate life to the point where it's more of a story than a game. Banished is very much "a game", and shares more in common with titles such as Civilization or Sim City.
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Banished is much more of a city building game. It lacks the feature of micro managing individuals and even if it was implemented, you just end up with too many people after 2 years to even make that feasible.
Basically, think of sim city, but with the difficulty of Dwarf Fortress (not exactly, but almost)
Guest • Apr 2016
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